16. A balance consists of an arm balanced at its middle, with known weights hung on one hand and the object whose weight is to be found on the other.天平由一个在中央平衡的臂组成,已知重量的砝码挂在平衡臂的一端,而把要称出重量的物体挂在平衡臂的另一端。
(分词短语balanced at its middle用来修饰arm. with……weights hung…是介词复合结构,用来对balance作补充说明,过去分词known作定语,修饰weights. hung是hang的过去分词。)
